Grammarian, poet, preacher, archeologist, philologist. Born at Paris, 4 August, 1604; died at ...
A celebrated medieval poet, chronicler, and ecclesiastical writer; born of Flemish parents ...
(Usually known as HIPPOLYTE, his name in religion )
Born at Paris, in 1660; died there 5 ...
Marquis de Sainte-Mesme and Comte d'Entremont, French mathematician; b. at Paris, 1661; d. at ...
An historian; born at Memmingen, Bavaria, 26 March, 1811; died at Prague, 29 December, 1898. ...
An Austrian statesman, born 26 Nov., 1811; died 30 July, 1892. He was educated at Vienna, and ...
An historian and jurist; born 24 March, 1830, at Münster in Westphalia ; died at Bonn, 15 ...
(DROSTE-HÜLSHOFF)
A poetess; born at Schloss Hülshoff near Münster in ...
Mineralogist; b. at Saint-Just (Oise), 28 Feb., 1743; d. at Paris, 3 June, 1822. His father was a ...
Founder of the first school for the blind, and known under the endearing name of "Father and ...
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DIOCESE OF HAARLEM (HARLEMENSIS).
One of the suffragan sees of the Archdiocese of Utrecht ...
The eighth of the Minor Prophets, who probably flourished towards the end of the seventh century ...
The eighth of the Minor Prophets, who probably flourished towards the end of the seventh century ...
An historian of sacred music, editor, born at Oberellenbach, Lower Bavaria, 12 April, 1840; died ...
Poet and historian; born at Hindlip, Worcestershire, 1605; died 1654; son of Thomas Habington ...
Habit is an effect of repeated acts and an aptitude to reproduce them, and may be defined as "a ...
[Hebrew habhor ; Septuagint 'A Bwr : 2 Kings 17:6 , 'A Biwr : 2 Kings 18:11 ; X aBwr : ...
Haceldama is the name given by the people to the potter's field, purchased with the price of the ...
(HADEWIG, HEDWIG).
Prioress of the Premonstratensian convent of Mehre (Meer), near ...
Martyr, died about the year 306. The Christians of Constantinople venerated the grave of this ...
Emperor of the Romans; born 24 January, A. D. 76 at Rome ; died 10 July, 138. He married his ...
(ADRUMETUM, also ADRUMETUS).
A titular see of Byzacena. Hadrumetum was a Phoenician colony ...
(Haeftenus).
Benedictine writer, provost of the Monastery of Afflighem, Belgium ; born at ...
Gottfried Hagen, town clerk of Cologne, and author of the Cologne "Reimchronik" (rhymed ...
Name and personal life
Aggeus, the tenth among the minor prophets of the Old Testament, is ...
This is the ordinary form of the name in the English Bible ; it corresponds better to the ...
The name given to that branch of learning which has the saints and their worship for its object. ...
(French LA HAYE; Dutch 's GRAVENHAGE, "the Count's Park"; Latin HAGA COMITIS)
Capital and ...
Countess, convert and authoress, born 22 June, 1805; died 12 January, 1880. She was descended ...
Catechist, born in the Diocese of Ratisbon , 16 February, 1784; died 7 January, 1873. His ...
The opening words (used as a title) of the most celebrated of the four Breviary anthems of the ...
The Hail Mary (sometimes called the "Angelical salutation", sometimes, from the first words in its ...
(Corrupt form of Aymausen .)
German missionary; b. at Munich, of a noble Bavarian family, ...
The subject of this article is so extensive that there can be no attempt to describe the types of ...
(Latin cilicium ; French cilice ).
A garment of rough cloth made from goats' hair and ...
( Spanish Santo Domingo, Hispaniola .)
An island of the Greater Antilles.
I. STATISTICS
...
(HATTO).
Bishop of Basle; b. in 763, of a noble family of Swabia; d. 17 March, 836, in the ...
Situated between 138º and 157º E. long., and between 37º and 52º N. lat., ...
King of Norway, 935 (936) to 960 (961), youngest child of King Harold Fair Hair and Thora ...
A titular see of Caria, suffragan of Stauropolis. It was a colony from Trœzen in ...
(HALIFAXIENSIS)
This see takes its name from the city of Halifax which has been the seat of ...
Foundress of the Dominican Congregation of St. Catherine of Siena (third order); b. in London, ...
A professor of constitutional law, b. 1 August, 1768, at Berne, d. 21 May, 1854, at Solothurn, ...
(Or Hallerstein).
Jesuit missionary in China, born in Germany, died in China, probably about ...
[ The vigil of this feast is popularly called "Hallowe'en" or "Halloween".]
Solemnity ...
Belgian geologist, b. at Liège, Belgium, 16 February, 1783; d. at Brussels, 15 January, ...
French mathematician; born at Sedan, 31 December, 1755; died at Paris, 4 June, 1828. He was ...
I. CHAM
( A.V. Ham). Son of Noah and progenitor of one of the three great races of men whose ...
(HAMARCOPIA; HAMARENSIS).
Hamar in Norway, embraced Hedemarken and Christians Amt, and was ...
(AMATHA).
A titular see of Syria Secunda, suffragan of Apamea. Hamath was the capital of a ...
English martyr (suffered 1587), born and educated in Cornwall, and converted by reading one ...
A city supposed to be identical with the Marionis of Ptolemy, was founded by a colony of fishermen ...
Archbishop of St. Andrews; b. 1511; d. at Stirling, 1571; a natural son of James, first Earl of ...
(Hamiltonensis). Located in Ontario, Canada ; a suffragan of Toronto. It comprises the counties ...
A distinguished Austrian Orientalist ; b. at Graz, 9 June, 1774; d. at Vienna, 23 November, ...
( Ha-am-mu-ra-bi )
The sixth king of the first Babylonian dynasty; well known for over ...
Founder of the sect of Adrianists; born at Dordrecht, 1524; died at Bruges, 1581. We know ...
A distinguished German prelate and Orientalist of the nineteenth century, b. At Tanne near ...
The former Kingdom of Hanover has been a province of the Prussian monarchy since 20 September, ...
Martyr ; b. in Northamptonshire; executed 31 July, 1581. He was educated at Cambridge, and was ...
Historian, b. at Volkermarkt, Carinthia, Austria, 25 April, 1683; d. at Vienna, 5 September, ...
(JOHANNES ADAM.)
A Cistercian, historical investigator and writer; b. at Marenbach, Austria, ...
Jesuit missionary in the East Indies: b. at Ostercappeln, near Osnabrück, in Hanover, ...
( French bonheur ; German Glück ; Latin felicitas ; Greek eutychia, eudaimonia ). ...
Martyr and King of Norway (1015-30), b. 995; d. 29 July, 1030. He was a son of King Harald ...
(Portus Gratiæ)
Diocese in Newfoundland, erected in 1856. It comprises all the northern ...
Soldier, convert, b. at Savannah, Georgia, U.S.A. 1817, d. at Wytheville, Virginia, 6 Nov., ...
Of the Society of the Sacred Heart, who established all the convents of her order, up to the ...
Confessor, the third Abbot of Cîteaux, was born at Sherborne in Dorsetshire, England, ...
Controversialist; b. at Combe Martin, Devon, 1516 d. at Louvain, Sept., 1572. The registers of ...
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Known in religion as Sister Mary; b. 26 April, 1813; d. 24 March, 1884; was the daughter of John ...
Jesuit, and historian; b. at Quimper, Brittany, 23 Dec., 1646, son of a bookseller of that town; ...
An English chronicler; b. 1378; d. about 1460. He was of northern parentage and entered the ...
A Déné tribe which shares with the Loucheux the distinction of being the ...
Novelist, b. of New England parentage, at St. Petersburg, 1 Mar., 1861; d. at San Remo, 20 Dec., ...
An important family of parliamentarians and bishops, who deserve a place in religious ...
A Belgian Orientalist, domestic prelate, canon of the cathedral of Liège, member of the ...
(Greek, harmonia ; Latin, harmonia )
A concord of sounds, several tones of different ...
(1) William Selby Harney
Soldier, convert ; b. near Haysboro, Tennessee, U.S.A. 27 August, ...
(B LAATAND )
Born 911; died 1 November, 985 or 986. He was the son of King Gorm the Old of ...
Irish Franciscan and historical writer, d. at Rome, 18 March, 1685. He was for some time ...
A titular see of Caria, suffragan of Stauropolis. Nothing is known of the history of this ...
Priest, philosopher, theologian and preacher. Born in London 26 Sept., 1821, of Anglican ...
English martyr ; b. 1566; d. 18 February, 1594. His father had entertained Campion at the ...
Folklorist, novelist, poet, journalist; born at Eatonton, Georgia, U.S.A. 1848; died at Atlanta, ...
(Harrisburgensis.)
Established 1868, comprises the Counties of Dauphin, Lebanon, Lancaster, ...
Priest and martyr ; b. in the Diocese of Lichfield, England, date unknown; d. at York, 22 ...
Third and last archpriest of England, b. in Derbyshire in 1553; d. 11 May, 1621. He was ...
This is the Old English and Middle English term for the triumphant descent of Christ into hell ...
Born at Wells, 1558; suffered at York, 15 March, 1583. Elected Trappes Scholar at Lincoln ...
Diocese of Hartford, established by Gregory XVI, 18 Sept., 1843. When erected it embraced the ...
Martyr ; b. at Wyn, in Derbyshire, England, of a yeoman family about 1557; d. 5 October, 1588. ...
A Middle High German epic poet and minnesinger; died between 1210 and 1220. Little is known ...
Mechanician and physicist ; b. at Eckoltsheim, Bavaria, 9 Feb. 1489; d. at Nuremberg, 9 ...
Historian, b. at Neustadt, near Friedland, Bohemia, 18 July, 1812; d. 1 September, 1889, as ...
A poet-author of the Austrian national anthem; b. at Vienna, 1 Sept. 1749, d. there 3 Aug., ...
A Tyrolese priest and patriot ; b. at Gries, Tyrol, 28 October, 1776; d. in the imperial palace ...
An editor, historian; b. in New York, U.S.A. 4 September, 1836; d. in that city, 18 April, 1888. ...
Preacher; b. at Coblenz, 14 August, 1810; d. at Paris, 5 July, 1876. He was one of that band of ...
Hatred in general is a vehement aversion entertained by one person for another, or for ...
Archbishop of Mainz ; b. of a noble Swabian family, c. 850; d. 15 May, 913. He was educated at ...
Dominican, apologist ; b. in 1701; d. at Stourton Lodge, near Leeds, Yorkshire, 23 October, ...
A titular see of Palestina Tertia, suffragan of Petra. Peutinger's map locates a place of ...
A religious congregation founded in Paris early in the fourteenth century by Jeanne, wife of ...
Margaret Haughery, "the mother of the orphans ", as she was familiarly styled, b. in Cavan, ...
Historian and publicist; b. at Paris, 1812; d. there, 1896. He was educated at the Louis le Grand ...
(Altacomba, Altæcombæum)
A Cistercian monastery near Aix-les-Bains in Savoy, ...
French physicist, b. at Orléans, 20 March, 1647; d. there, 18 October, 1724. He was the ...
French physicist, b. at Orléans, 20 March, 1647; d. there, 18 October, 1724. He was the ...
(ALTESERRA).
Antoine Dadin d'Hauteserre
Born 1602, died 1682; a distinguished French historian ...
A Franciscan theologian, b. at Verviers, 1589; d. at Liège 12 November, 1676, for many ...
Diocese of Havana (San Cristóbal de la Habana) — Avanensis
The city of Havana is ...
German Jesuit ; b. at Cologne, 27 February, 1714; died at Münster after 1778. He entered ...
(HARDEN).
Theologian and controversialist, b. in Lancashire, England, 9 April, 1662; d. in ...
Poet; b. in Suffolk about 1474; d. about 1523. Very little is known of his life. He was educated ...
Poet and antiquary; b. at Plymouth 3 December, 1803, d. there 15 August, 1875, son of Jacob ...
Raised to the peerage as Lord Brampton, eminent English lawyer and Judge, b. at Hitchin, ...
(1) Edmund Hay
Jesuit, and envoy to Mary Queen of Scots, b. 1540?; d. at Rome, 4 Nov., 1591. he ...
Bishop and writer, b. at Edinburgh, 24 Aug., 1729; d. at Aquhorties, 18 Oct., 1811. His parents ...
Born of staunch Catholic parents at Rohrau, Austria, 1 April, 1732; died at Gumpendorf, Vienna, ...
A younger brother of Franz Joseph Haydn ; born at Rohrau, Austria, 14 September, 1737; died at ...
Priest and Biblical scholar; b. 11 April, 1774, at Cottam, near Wood Plumpton, Lancashire; d. 29 ...
English martyr ; born 1556; executed at Tyburn, 12 February, 1583-84. He was the youngest son of ...
( Or Haimo).
A Benedictine bishop of the ninth century; d. 26 March, 853. The exact date ...
English Franciscan and schoolman, b. at Faversham, Kent; d. at Anagni, Itlay, in 1243, according ...
Cardinal, Archbishop of Kalocsa-Bács in Hungary ; b. at Szécsény, 3 ...
Controversialist, orator, and writer, b. 28 October, 1617, at Oudenarde in the Netherlands ; ...
An American portrait and historical painter, b. at Boston, 15 July, 1808; d. at Chicago, 14 June ...
The Tenebræ Hearse is the triangular candlestick used in the Tenebræ service. The ...
The treatment of this subject is divided into two parts:
I. Doctrinal Explanations;II. Historical ...
I. Sisters of the Holy Heart of Mary
Founded in 1842 at Nancy, by Mgr Menjaud, Bishop of ...
As in the article on Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus , this subject will be considered ...
English Franciscan and martyr, son of John Heath; christened at St. John's, Peterborough, 16 ...
This subject will be treated under seven headings:
I. Name and Place of Heaven; II. Existence of ...
As compared with the Latin Vulgate , the Hebrew Bible includes the entire Old Testament with ...
Hebrew was the language spoken by the ancient Israelites, and in which were composed nearly all ...
This will be considered under eight headings: (I) Argument; (II) Doctrinal Contents; (III) ...
Vicariate Apostolic in Oceania; comprises the New Hebrides, with Banks and Torres, islands ...
( hbrwn, chebrón )
An ancient royal city of Chanaan, famous in biblical history, ...
Missionary, author, founder of the Paulists ; b. in New York, 18 December, 1819; d. there, 22 ...
( hedoné, pleasure).
The name given to the group of ethical systems that hold, with ...
Duchess of Silesia, b. about 1174, at the castle of Andechs ; d. at Trebnitz, 12 or 15 ...
Merchant and philanthropist; b. in King's County, Ireland, 1754; d. at Brooklyn, U.S.A. 3 May, ...
(Clemens Aug. Ant.).
Catholic statesman and writer on art, b. 26 Aug., 1832, at Surenburg near ...
A village in the diocese of Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Holland, in which the dispersed ...
Bishop of Rottenburg, b. at Unterkochen, Würtemberg, 15 March, 1809; d. at Rottenburg, 5 ...
(1) Life and Writings of Hegel
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel was born at Stüttgart in 1770; ...
(Roman Martyrology, 7 April).
A writer of the second century, known to us almost exclusively ...
A fourth-century translator of the "Jewish War" of Flavius Josephus. The name is based on an ...
Humanist ; b. probably in 1433, at Heeck (Westphalia); d. 7 December, 1498, at Deventer ...
Heidelberg, a city of 41,000 inhabitants, is situated in the Grand Duchy of Baden, on the left ...
(SANCTA CRUX).
An existing Cistercian monastery in the Wienerwald, eight miles north-west of ...
(FONS SALUTIS).
Formerly a Cistercian monastery in the Diocese of Eichstätt in Middle ...
This name indicates the unknown author of some small mystical treatises, written about the ...
French historical painter, b. near Belfort, 1787, d. in Paris, 1865. This clever painter ...
( Glïchezäre , i.e. the hypocrite, in the sense of one who adopts a strange name or ...
(Hendrik van Ahuis)
Founder of the Brethren of the Common Life in Germany, b. in 1371, the ...
A German poet of the fifteenth century, d. at Strasburg in 1460; he was a priest in Freiburg ...
Usually called "Frauenlob" (Woman's praise), a Middle High German lyric poet; b. at Meissen ...
German satirist of the twelfth century; of knightly birth and probably a lay brother in the ...
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A medieval German poet of knightly rank; b. near Maastricht in the Netherlands about the ...
Swiss painter ; b. at Basle, 11 June, 1564; d. near Prague, Bohemia, October, 1609. He appears ...
German astronomer, b. at Cologne, 18 February, 1806; d. at Münster, Westphalia, 30 June, ...
(Vallis S. Petri).
A former Cistercian monastery in the Siebengebirge near the little town ...
Martyr in the first half of the twelfth century. Her feast is celebrated 31 July. Her life ...
(Helenensis)
Erected from the Vicariate of Montana, 7 March, 1884. It comprises the western ...
The mother of Constantine the Great , born about the middle of the third century, possibly in ...
A titular see of Bithynia Prima, suffragan of Prusa. On the southern side of the Sinus Astacenus ...
Heli the Judge and High Priest
Heli (Heb. ELI, Gr. HELI) was both judge and high-priest, whose ...
(POVL HELGESEN)
A Carmelite, opponent of the Reformation in Denmark, born at Warberg (in the ...
( German Heiland , Saviour)
The oldest complete work of German literature . Matthias Flacius ...
(E LAGABAL )
The name adopted by Varius Avitus Bassianus, Roman emperor (218-222), born of ...
This subject is treated under eight headings: (I) Name and Place of Hell; (II) Existence of ...
(Höll).
Astronomer, b. at Schemnitz in Hungary, 15 May, 1720; d. at Vienna, 14 April, ...
French philosopher and essayist, b. at Lorient, Brittany, 4 Nov., 1828; d. at Kéroman, ...
A historian, born in the first half of the twelfth century; died about 1177. He was a native of, ...
Born at Brussels, 1577; died near Vilvorde, 30 December, 1644. This scientist, distinguished in ...
( Auxiliatrices des Ames du Purgatoire )
A religious order of women founded in Paris, ...
The name of several Latin writers. It appears in the manuscript of Pomponius Mela and Julius ...
(MALLEOLUS) properly HEMERLI
A provost at Solothurn, in Switzerland, born at Zurich, in 1388 ...
Born at Brooklyn, 1850; died in Rome, March, 1909. His family was of Scotch and Irish ...
First American and the twenty-second Bishop of Cebú, Philippine Islands, b. at Penn Yan, ...
Catholic priest and the inventor of the horizontal pendulum, b. at Reichenhofen, ...
One of the most famous explorers in the wilds of North America during the seventeenth century, b. ...
(Greek Enoch ).
The name of the son of Cain ( Genesis 4:17, 18 ), of a nephew of Abraham ...
The antediluvian patriarch Henoch according to Genesis "walked with God and was seen no more, ...
The story of the Henoticon forms a chapter in that of the Monophysite heresy in the fifth and ...
A Cistercian religious of the Spanish Congregation; b. at Madrid, 1594; d. 23 December, 1632, ...
Noted Jesuit theologian, b. at Oporto, 1536; d. at Tivoli, 28 January, 1608. At the age of ...
A Carmelite theologian, b. in 1630, at Ath in Hainaut, Belgium ; d. in 1719 or 1720, near ...
Baron, French magistrate, historian, and journalist; b. at Metz, 19 June, 1805; d. at Aix, ...
Layman, martyred at York, 4 July, 1597, pronounced Venerable in 1886. His acts are thus related ...
King of England, born 1133; died 6 July, 1189; was in his earlier life commonly known as Henry ...
German King and Holy Roman Emperor, son of Duke Henry II (the Quarrelsome) and of the Burgundian ...
German King and Roman Emperor, son of Conrad II; b. 1017; d. at Bodfeld, in the Harz Mountains, 5 ...
King of France and Navarre, son of Jeanne d'Albret and Antoine de Bourbon, b. 14 December, 1553, ...
German King and Roman Emperor, son of Henry III and Agnes of Poitou, b. at Goslar, 11 November, ...
(DE VRIMARIA)
German theologian ; b. at Friemar, a small town near Gotha in Thuringia, about ...
(HENRICUS DE GANDAVO, known as the DOCTOR SOLEMNIS)
A notable scholastic philosopher and ...
(Or HERWORDEN; HERVORDIA)
Friar and chronicler; date of birth unknown; died at Minden, 9 Oct., ...
Historian; b. probably near Ramsey, Huntingdonshire, between 1080 and 1085; d. 1155. Little is ...
(Egher).
Carthusian writer, b. at Kalkar in the Duchy of Cleves in 1328; d. at Cologne, 20 ...
(Henry of Hesse the Elder.)
Theologian and mathematician; b. about 1325 at the villa of ...
A Bavarian secular priest, of the fourteenth century, date of death unknown; the spiritual ...
Alleged author of an imperial and papal chronicle of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, is ...
Usually called Hostiensis , an Italian canonist of the thirteenth century, born at Susa (in ...
(Also called Amandus , a name adopted in his writings). German mystic, born at Constance on ...
Born 4 March, 1394; died 13 November, 1460; he was the fourth son of John I, King of Portugal, by ...
German King and Roman Emperor, son of Henry IV ; b. in 1081; d. at Utrecht, 23 May, 1125.
He ...
German King and Roman Emperor, son of Frederick Barbarossa and Beatrice of Burgundy ; b. in ...
King of England, born 28 June, 1491; died 28 January, 1547.
He was the second son and third ...
Scottish poet, born probably 1420-1430; died about 1500.
His birthplace, parentage, and place of ...
(Or Henskens .)
Jesuit, hagiographer ; b. at Venray (Limburg), 21 June, 1601; d. at ...
Poetess and convert ; born at Linum, 30 March, 1798; died at Paderborn, 18 December, 1876. Her ...
Biblical exegete, born 1499 at Nalinnes Belgium ; died 10 Oct., 1566, at Louvain. When quite ...
(From the Greek heorte , festival, and logos , knowledge, discourse)
Heortology ...
A titular see of Augustamnica Prima, mentioned by Hierocles (Synecd., 727, 9), by George of ...
(A NGLO -S AXON H EPTARCHY )
By the term heptarchy is understood that complexus of ...
Bishop of Alexandria from 231 or 232; to 247 or 248. Of his earlier life Origen tells us, ...
A titular see of Thracia Prima. Heraclea is the name given about four centuries before the ...
Ecclesiastical heraldry naturally divides itself into various branches, principally: the arms of ...
The widespread and increasing influence of Herbart and his disciples in the work of education ...
A biographer of St. Thomas Becket , dates of birth and death unknown. He was probably born in ...
(Hereberht).
Date of birth unknown; d. 20 March, 687; an anchorite of the seventh century, ...
Authoress, and philanthropist, b. in 1822; d. in London 30 Oct., 1911. Lady Herbert was the ...
Born at Rottweil, in Würtemberg, 13 January, 1787; died 31 July, 1836. His college course, ...
Born at Lisbon, 28 March, 1810; died near Santarem, 13 Sept., 1877. Because of his liberal ...
The name of a German firm of publishers and booksellers.
Bartholomäus Herder
Founder of the ...
(According to Franco, Christianus Henriques ; Chinese, Ngen ).
An Austrian Jesuit ...
The offspring tends to resemble, sometimes with extraordinary closeness, the parents ; this is ...
(HEREFORDENSIS)
Located in England. Though the name of Putta, the exiled Bishop of ...
(HAERESVID, HERESWYDE).
Daughter of Hereric and Beorhtswith and sister of St. Hilda of Whitby. ...
I. Connotation and DefinitionII. Distinctions III. Degrees of heresy IV. Gravity of the sin of ...
Church historian and canonist, first Cardinal-Prefect of the Vatican Archives, b. at ...
(ARIBERT)
Archbishop of Milan (1018-1045)
An ambitious and warlike prince of the ...
Archbishop of Cologne ; born at Worms, c. 970; died at Cologne, 16 March, 1021. His father was ...
A medieval theologian and historian; born about 925; died 31 October, 1007. After studying at ...
A theologian, born at Helmond, North Brabant, 1621; died 17 Aug., 1678. After receiving his ...
(Herimanus Augiensis, Hermann von Reichenau ).
Chronicler, mathematician, and poet; b. 18 ...
Landgrave of Thuringia (1190-1217), famous as a patron of medieval German poets. He was the ...
Premonstratensian monk and mystic; b. at Cologne about 1150; d. at Hoven, 7 April, 1241. ...
(Niederaltaich).
A medieval historian; b. 1200 or 1201; d. 31 July, 1275. He received his ...
With this name are connected two works on mysticism written in German. The first, "Das ...
Provincial of the German province of Dominicans ; b. at or near Minden on an unknown date ; d. ...
Fourth Grand Master of the Teutonic Order , descendant of the noble Thuringian house of Salza; ...
(The Penitent Brothers), a society of flagellants existing among the Spanish of New Mexico and ...
(First or second century), author of the book called "The Shepherd" ( Poimen , Pastor), a work ...
Martyr
The Roman Martyrology sets down for 18 August (XV Kal. Septembris) the feast of the ...
Derived from a Greek word connected with the name of the god Hermes, the reputed messenger and ...
Date of birth unknown; d. 13 April, 585. Leovigild, the Arian King of the Visigoths (569-86), ...
Philosopher and theologian, b. at Dreierwalde near Theine (Westphalia), 22 April, 1775; d. at ...
Martyr, Bishop of Salano (Spalato) in Dalmatia. Very little is known about him; in Romans ...
Born at Dieuze, Lorraine, 24 December, 1822; d. at Paris, 14 January, 1901; one of the greatest ...
( Eremites , "inhabitants of a desert ", from the Greek eremos ), also called anchorites, ...
(Generally called Augustinians and not to be confounded with the Augustinian Canons ).
A ...
[From the Hebrew meaning "sacred (mountain)"; Septuagint, Aermon ]
A group of mountains ...
A titular see of Thebais Prima, suffragan of Antinoe, in Egypt. The native name was Khmounoun; ...
A titular see of Ægyptus Prima, suffragan of Alexandria. Its ancient name, Dimanhoru or ...
(Greek Herodes , from Heros .)
Herod was the name of many rulers mentioned in the N.T. ...
Herodias, daughter of Aristobulus -- son of Herod the Great and Mariamne -- was a descendant of ...
A decree of the Sacred Congregation of Indulgences dated 18 December, 1885, and confirmed the ...
The notion of heroicity is derived from hero, originally a warrior, a demigod; hence it connotes a ...
(Or HARP, Latin CITHARŒDUS, or ERP as in the old manuscripts )
A fifteenth century ...
(or LANDSPERG)
A twelfth-century abbess, author of the "Hortus Deliciarum"; born about 1130, ...
There were three artists of the name of Herregouts, father, son, and grandson, of whom the chief ...
A painter, architect, sculptor and etcher; born in Madrid, 1611 or 1619; died there, 1671; son ...
A Spanish historian; born at Cuellar, in the province of Segovia, in 1559; died at Madrid, 27 ...
A Spanish lyric poet; born 1537; died 1597. The head of a school of lyric poets who gathered ...
(1) Francisco Herrera (el Viejo, the Elder)
A Spanish painter, etcher, medallist, and architect; ...
A Benedictine historian and diplomat; born at Freiburg in the Breisgau, 9 October, 1694; died ...
An ancient imperial abbey of the Benedictine Order, situated at the confluence of the Geisa and ...
Spanish Jesuit and famous philologist; b. at Horcajo, 1 May, 1735; d. at Rome, 24 August, 1809. ...
French theologian and controversialist; b. at Olivet, near Orléans, in 1499; d. at ...
(A.V. HESHBON; Greek Esebon, Esbous ; Latin Esbus).
A titular see of the province of ...
(H ESSEN ).
The name of a German tribe, and also a district in Germany extending along the ...
A distinguished theologian of Louvain ; born 1522; died 1566. He had been teaching for eight ...
(Greek hesychos , quiet).
The story of the system of mysticism defended by the monks of ...
Grammarian and lexicographer; of uncertain date, but assigned by most authorities to the later ...
Presbyter and exegete, probably of the fifth century. Nothing certain is known as to the dates ...
A priest and monk of the Order of St. Basil in the Thorn-bush (Batos) monastery on Mt. ...
(A.V. H ITTITES )
One of the many peoples of North-Western Asia, styled Hittim in the ...
A Catholic theologian ; born 13 January, 1819, at Aschaffenburg; died 26 January, 1890, at ...
Missionary to China and zoologist; b. at Fougères in the Department of Ille-et-Vilaine, ...
(Alias WELDON).
English martyr ; son of William Hewett of York; date of birth unknown; ...
Priest and second Superior General of the Institute of St. Paul the Apostle ; b. at Fairfield, ...
Hexaemeron signifies a term of six days, or, technically, the history of the six days' work of ...
The name given to Origen's edition of the Old Testament in Hebrew and Greek, the most colossal ...
A name commonly used by the critics to designate the first six books of the Old Testament, i.e. ...
Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle (Hagulstadensis et Novocastrensis).
Hexham, in ...
(A LAPIDE)
A theologian, born about 1425; died at Basle, 12 March, 1496. He was apparently of ...
(1) Jasper Heywood
A poet and translator; born 1535 in London ; died 1598 at Naples. As a boy ...
Ezechias (Hebrew = "The Lord strengtheneth"; Septuagint Ezekias ; in the cuneiform inscriptions ...
This organization grew up gradually among the Catholics of Ireland owing to the dreadful ...
A theologian, born in the Barony of Islands, Co. Clare, Ireland, in 1586; died in Rome, 26 ...
Born on the ranch of San Vicente in the district of Guanajuato, 8 May, 1753; executed at ...
Titular Archdiocese, metropolis of the Province of Euphrates, in the Patriarchate of Antioch. ...
A titular see of Phrygia Salutaris, suffragan of Synnada. It is usually called by its ...
(Greek Hierarchia ; from hieros , sacred; archein , rule, command).
This word has been ...
The word hierarchy is used here to denote the three grades of bishop, priest, and deacon ( ...
A titular see of Lydia, suffragan of Sardis. This town is mentioned by Ptolemy (VI, ii, 16). ...
In the fourth century, certain Roman ladies, following St. Paula, embraced the religious life ...
All attempts to establish as historical a personality corresponding to the Hierotheus who ...
(HYDON, HYGDEN, HIKEDEN.)
Benedictine chronicler; died 1364. He was a west-country man, and ...
(ALTARE SUMMUM or MAJUS.)
The high altar is so called from the fact that it is the chief altar ...
The high-priest in the Old Testament is called by various names:
the priest ( Numbers 3:6 ); ...
Overview
Biblical criticism in its fullest comprehension is the examination of the literary ...
Founder of anchoritic life in Palestine; born at Tabatha, south of Gaza, Palestine, about 291; ...
(In the world, CHRISTIAN GATTERER.)
Moral theologian ; born 1839, in the valley of Sexten in ...
[ Also spelled HILARIUS]
Elected 461; the date of his death is given as 28 Feb., 468. After ...
[ Also spelled HILARIUS]
Elected 461; the date of his death is given as 28 Feb., 468. After ...
Archbishop, b. about 401; d. 5 May, 449. The exact place of his birth is not known. All that may ...
Bishop, born in that city at the beginning of the fourth century; died there 1 November, according ...
Abbess, born 614; died 680. Practically speaking, all our knowledge of St. Hilda is derived from ...
Bishop of Le Mans, Archbishop of Tours, and celebrated medieval poet; b. about 1056, at the ...
Born at Böckelheim on the Nahe, 1098; died on the Rupertsberg near Bingen, 1179; feast 17 ...
Diocese of Hildesheim (Hildesheimensis).
An exempt see, comprising the Prussian province of ...
He died 22 November, 840. He was a scion of a prominent Frankish family, hut the time and place ...
English Martyr, executed at Durham, 27 May, 1590. Very little is known of him and his ...
A famous Jewish rabbi who lived about 70 B.C.-A.D. 10. Our only source of information concerning ...
Augustinian mystic, d. 24 March, 1396. Little is known of his life, save that he was the head of a ...
A titular see in the province of Osrhoene, suffragan of Edessa. The "Notitia" of Anastasius, ...
(called also EUMERIUS and COMERIUS)
An Archbishop of Tarragona in Spain, 385. He is the ...
An archbishop of Reims ; born in 806; died at Epernay on 21 December, 882. Descended from a ...
Bishop of Laon; died 879. In the beginning of 858 the younger Hincmar, a nephew on the mother's ...
(Chinese TE).
A German missionary in China, born at Reiningen, near Mülhausen, date ...
Hinduism in its narrower sense, is the conglomeration of religious beliefs and practices ...
Canadian physician and surgeon, b. at Hinchinbrook near Huntingdon, Quebec, June 29, 1829; d. at ...
(Or HIPPO ZARRHYTUS.)
A titular see of Northern Africa, now called Bizerta, originally a ...
A titular see of Numidia, now a part of the residential see of Constantine. Hippo was a Tyrian ...
Martyr, presbyter and antipope ; date of birth unknown; d. about 236. Until the publication ...
Besides the presbyter, St. Hippolytus of Rome, others of the name are mentioned in the old ...
Besides the presbyter, St. Hippolytus of Rome, others of the name are mentioned in the old ...
A titular see of southern Tunis. Nothing is known of the city, the name of which may have been ...
A celebrated Benedictine monastery in Würtemberg, Diocese of Spires, about twenty-two ...
Born 20 January, 1788, at Alt-Ergarten, Ravensburg; died 4 September, 1865. He studied at ...
Historical criticism is the art of distinguishing the true from the false concerning facts of ...
I. NATURE AND OFFICE
Ecclesiastical history is the scientific investigation and the methodical ...
(A.V. H ITTITES )
One of the many peoples of North-Western Asia, styled Hittim in the ...
A theologian and liturgical writer, born about 1525, at Cologne ; died there in 1584. On the ...
Botanist and schoolmaster, b. 29 March, 1773, at Idria, Carniola, Austria ; d. 25 November, ...
(HOBARTENSIS)
Hobart comprises Tasmania, Bruni Island, and the Cape Barren, Flinders, King, ...
A lawman and martyr ; date and place of birth unknown; d. at Tyburn, 10 Dec., 1591. He was a ...
A patriot and soldier, born at St. Leonhard in Passeyrthale, Tyrol, 22 Nov., 1767; executed at ...
Better known, on account of his long sojourn in France, as Abbé Hogan, born near Ennis in ...
A Benedictine historian; born at Spörl near Belgrade, 25 June, 1718; died at the monastery ...
(ODILIENBERG; ALTITONA)
A suppressed nunnery, situated on the Odilienberg, the most famous of ...
A titular Bishop of Sardica, famous for his many supposedly miraculous cures, born 17 August, ...
(The Elder Holbein)
A German painter ; b. at Augsburg about 1460; d. at Isenheim, Alsace, in ...
An English priest ; born 1596; died March, 1662. Henry Holden was the second son of Richard ...
(A.S. hal , perfect, or whole). Sanctitas in the Vulgate of the New Testament is the ...
An English martyr, b. 1600 at Sutton, Lancashire; martyred at Tyburn, 12 December, 1642. He ...
The Hollanders played by no means an insignificant part in the early history of the United ...
Catholic educator and priest ; born at Windsor, Vermont, in 1799; died at Lorette, near ...
As suggested by its Greek origin ( holos "whole", and kaustos "burnt") the word designates an ...
(HOLSTE).
German philologist, b. at Hamburg, 1596; d. at Rome, 2 February, 1661. He studied ...
German novelist, poet, and dramatist; b. at Breslau, 24 January, 1798; d. in that city, 12 ...
An association for giving special honour to the mental sufferings of Christ during His Agony ...
The Emperor Francis I of Austria, King Frederick William III of Prussia, and the Tsar Alexander I ...
The Society was founded in England in 1840 by Mrs. Cornelia Connelly, née Peacock, ...
A children's association for the benefit of foreign missions. Twenty years after the foundation of ...
(OF TRIER AND ARGENTEUIL).
The possession of the seamless garment of Christ (Gr. chiton ...
By Communion is meant the actual reception of the Sacrament of the Eucharist. Ascetic writers ...
The picturesque ruins of this monastery are situated on the right bank of the River Suir, about ...
A body of priests and lay brothers constituted in the religious state by the simple vows of ...
The congregation of the Sisters Marianites of Holy Cross was founded in 1841, in the parish of ...
(Mother House, St. Mary's of the Immaculate Conception, Notre Dame, Indiana)
As an offset to ...
Founded at Dublin, in 1857, by Margaret Aylward, under the direction of Rev. John Gowan, C.M., ...
This archconfraternity owes its origin to Henri Belletable, an officer in the Engineers' Corps, ...
I. ASSOCIATION OF THE HOLY FAMILY
Founded in 1820 by the Abbé Pierre Bienvenue Noailles (d. ...
I. SYNOPSIS OF THE DOGMA
The doctrine of the Catholic Church concerning the Holy Ghost forms ...
The Hospital of the Holy Ghost at Rome was the cradle of an order, which, beginning in the ...
I. THE CONGREGATION OF THE HOLY GHOST AND OF THE IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY
This Congregation was ...
The name of a legendary sacred vessel , variously identified with the chalice of the Eucharist ...
(The Holy House of Loreto).
Since the fifteenth century, and possibly even earlier, the "Holy ...
Founded at Dommartin-sous-Amance, France, in 1855, by John Joseph Begel (b. 5 April, 1817; d. 23 ...
Founded in 1853 by the Right Rev. John Timon, the first Bishop of Buffalo. The special aim of ...
The children mentioned in St. Matthew 2:16-18 :
Herod perceiving that he was deluded by the wise ...
We give honour to the Name of Jesus, not because we believe that there is any intrinsic power ...
This feast is celebrated on the second Sunday after Epiphany (double of the second class). ...
An old and popular form of prayer in honour of the Name of Jesus. The author is not known. ...
(Confraternity of the Most Holy Name of God and Jesus).
An indulgenced confraternity in the ...
(OLEA SACRA).
Liturgical Benediction
Oil is a product of great utility the symbolic ...
In Christian antiquity there existed an important category of vessels used as receptacles for ...
Order is the appropriate disposition of things equal and unequal, by giving each its proper place ...
In the primitive Church Holy Saturday was known as Great, or Grand, Saturday, Holy Saturday, the ...
(From the Latin Sancta Sedes , Holy Chair).
A term derived from the enthronement ...
Holy Sepulchre refers to the tomb in which the Body of Jesus Christ was laid after His death ...
Concerning the foundation there is only a tradition connecting it with St. James the Apostle and ...
(Guardians)
The Fathers of the Holy Sepulchre are the six or seven Franciscan Fathers, who ...
Neither the name of a founder nor a date of foundation can be assigned to the so-called Order of ...
I. SYNOPSIS OF THE DOGMA
The doctrine of the Catholic Church concerning the Holy Ghost forms ...
Consisting of twenty-eight white marble steps, at Rome, near the Lateran; according to tradition ...
In its full form M OST H OLY D IRECTING S YNOD , the name of the council by which the ...
The feast of Maundy (or Holy) Thursday solemnly commemorates the institution of the Eucharist ...
The use of holy water in the earliest days of the Christian Era is attested by documents of ...
Vessels intended for the use of holy water are of very ancient origin, and archaeological ...
Holy Week is the week which precedes the great festival of the Resurrection on Easter Sunday, and ...
The ultimate derivation of the word jubilee is disputed, but it is most probable that the ...
Located in Edinburgh, Scotland ; founded in 1128 by King David I for the Canons Regular of ...
A town in North Wales, situated on the declivity of a hill overlooking a picturesque valley, ...
( Latinized , A Sacrobosco.)
Jesuit ; b. At Artane, Dublin, in 1559; d. 4 September, 1626. ...
(John Holywood), a monk of English origin, lived in the first half of the thirteenth century as ...
Parish priest, ecclesiastical writer, and founder of a religious community; born 24 Aug., ...
This term, when used in an eleemosynary sense, covers all institutions that afford the general ...
( Latin homo , man; and caedere , to slay)
Homicide signifies, in general, the killing of a ...
Homiletics is the science that treats of the composition and delivery of a sermon or other ...
A collection of homilies, or familiar explanations of the Gospels (see HOMILY). From a very ...
The word homily is derived from the Greek word homilia (from homilein ), which means to ...
(Gr. homoousion - from homos , same, and ousia , essence ; Latin consubstantialem , of ...
VICARIATE APOSTOLIC OF BRITISH HONDURAS.
The territory of the vicariate is co-extensive with ...
The island of Hong-Kong was ceded by the Chinese Government to Great Britain in January, 1841, ...
A Discalced Carmelite ; born at Limoges, 4 July, 1651 ; died at Lille, 1729. Blaise Vauxelles ...
Archbishop of Arles; b. about 350; d. 6 (or, according to certain authors, 14 or 15) January, ...
Pope (625-12 October, 638), a Campanian, consecrated 27 October (Duchesne) or 3 November ...
(Lamberto Scannabecchi)
Born of humble parents at Fagnano near Imola at an unknown date ; ...
(Cencio Savelli)
Born at Rome, date of birth unknown; died at Rome, 18 March, 1227. For a ...
(Giacomo Savelli)
Born at Rome about 1210; died at Rome, 3 April, 1287. He belonged to the ...
(HONORIUS AUGUSTODUNENSIS)
A theologian, philosopher, and encyclopedic writer who lived in ...
Roman Emperor, d. 25 August, 423. When his father, the Emperor Theodosius, divided up the ...
Archbishop of Canterbury, fifth in succession from St. Augustine, elected 627; consecrated at ...
Honour may be defined as the deferential recognition by word or sign of another's worth or ...
(FEBRONIUS)
An auxiliary Bishop of Trier ; born at Trier, 27 January, 1701; died at ...
A flexible, conical, brimless head-dress, covering the entire head, except the face. It is either ...
(also HOCHSTRATEN)
A theologian and controversialist, born about 1460, in Hoogstraeten, ...
Born at Dublin in 1716; died at St. Cloud, Paris, 16 April, 1796, son of Nathaniel Hooke the ...
Hope, in its widest acceptation, is described as the desire of something together with the ...
(Originally H OPE )
Parliamentary barrister, Q.C.; b. 15 July, 1812, at Great Marlow, ...
(From Hopita, "peaceful ones" their own name; also frequently known as Moki, or Moqui, an alien ...
Jesuit and poet, born at Stratford, near London, 28 July, 1844; died at Dublin, 8 June, 1889. ...
Date of birth unknown, elected to the Holy See, 514; d. at Rome, 6 August, 523.
This able and ...
Layman and martyr, born at Grantley, Yorkshire, England, date of birth unknown; died at ...
On the Jewish altar there were four projections, one at each corner, which were called the horns ...
A titular Bishop of Phiomelia, Vicar Apostolic of the Midland District, England ; born 19 ...
(L ITTLE G ARDEN OF THE S OUL ).
A prayer book which both in its Latin and German ...
"And the multitudes that went before and that followed, cried, saying: Hosanna to the son of ...
NAME AND COUNTRY
Osee (Hôsheá‘– Salvation ), son of Beeri, was one of ...
The foremost Western champion of orthodoxy in the early anti-Arian struggle; born about 256; ...
(HOE, HOSZ)
Cardinal and Prince- Bishop of Ermland ; born of German parents at Cracow, 5 ...
( Latin hospitium , a guest house).
During the early centuries of Christianity the hospice ...
These sisters are established in religion under the Rule of St. Augustine, the institute being ...
The Council of Trent in its twenty-fifth session, cap. viii, De Ref., enjoins "all who hold any ...
During the Middle Ages, among the hospitals established throughout the West ( Maisons-Dieu ...
(Also known as K NIGHTS OF M ALTA ).
The most important of all the military orders, both ...
(Latin hospes , a guest; hence hospitalis , hospitable; hospitium , a guest-house or ...
(Sospis)
Recluse, b. according to tradition in Egypt, towards the beginning of the sixth ...
( Latin HOSSCHIUS)
Sidron de Hossche, poet and priest ; born at Mercken, West Flanders, in ...
Archaeological and Historical Aspects
The bread destined to receive Eucharistic Consecration is ...
One of the seven Dominicans, who distinguished themselves in the struggle against Luther in ...
The Hottentot is one of three tribes of South Africa which may be divided — Bantus, ...
Born in Paris, 1686; died there 31 October, 1783. He entered the Congregation of the Oratory in ...
Born at Versailles, 1741; died 16 July, 1828; the most distinguished sculptor of France ...
Preacher and writer on ascetics; b. 23 January, 1631, at Tours ; d. 21 March, 1729, at Paris. ...
Protomartyr of the persecution under Henry VIII, b. in Essex, 1487; d. at Tyburn, 4 May, 1535. ...
(Variously called DE HOTUM, DE HOTHUM, DE HOZUM, BOTHUM, DE HONDEN, HEDDON, HEDDONEM, according as ...
I. IDEA
By canonical hour is understood all the fixed portion of the Divine Office which the ...
("Liturgy of the Hours"
I. THE EXPRESSION "DIVINE OFFICE"
This expression signifies ...
Friar Minor, lector in theology and exegete ; b. at Rethy, in Campine (Belgium); d. at Antwerp, ...
Poor Clare, born 28 December, 1653; died at Rouen, 21 Mary's 1735, daughter of Sir Robert Howard, ...
Dominican and cardinal, commonly called the "Cardinal of Norfolk"; born at Arundel House, ...
Martyr, Earl of Arundel; born at Arundel House, London, 28 June 1557, died in the Tower of London, ...
Viscount Stafford, martyr ; born 30 November, 1614; beheaded Tower-Hill, 29 December, 1680. He ...
A celebrated nun -poetess of the tenth century, whose name has been given in various forms, ...
(Huanucensis)
Suffragan of Lima in Peru.
The department of Huánuco contains an ...
(Huajuapatamensis)
Diocese in the State of Oaxaca, Mexico, erected by Bull of Leo XIII , ...
Diocese of Huaraz (Huaraziensis)
Suffragan of Lima. It comprises the entire department of ...
An historian; born 14 October, 1834, at Fügen, Zillerthal (Tyrol); died 23 November, 1898, at ...
Archbishop of Canterbury (1193-1205); died 13 July, 1205; son of Hervey (Herveus) Walter and ...
The ninth Bishop of Quebec, born at Quebec, 23 February, 1739; died 17 October, 1799; son of ...
Confessor, thirty-first Bishop of Maastricht, first Bishop of Liège, and Apostle of ...
I. The highest order of Bavaria, founded in 1444 or 1445 by Gerhard V, Duke of Jülich, in ...
A French Lazarist missionary and traveller; born at Caylus (Tarn-et-Garonne), 1 June, 1813; died ...
(HUGBALDUS, UBALDUS, UCHUBALDUS)
A Benedictine monk ; born in 840; died in 930 or 932. The ...
Monk of the Order of St. Benedict; b. at Farington Hall, Lancashire, 15 April, 1608; exact date ...
(Also known as James Hudson).
Martyr, born in or near York; having nearly all his life in that ...
A Franciscan historian and theologian, born at Neustadt on the Danube; died 12 Feb., 1706, at ...
The royal monastery of Las Huelgas de Burgos was founded by Alfonso VIII at the instance of ...
(OSCENSIS)
Huesca embraces parts of the province of Huesca in north-eastern Spain, seven ...
A distinguished savant and celebrated French bishop ; born 8 February, 1630, at Caen (Normandy), ...
A German Catholic exegete, b. at Constance, 1 June, 1765; d. at Freiburg im Br., 11 March, ...
King of France, founder of the Capetian dynasty, b. about the middle of the tenth century; d. ...
( Vere COOK).
English martyr ; b. probably at Faringdon, Berkshire, date unknown; d. at ...
Friar Minor andascetical writer; b. at Digne, south-east France, date uncertain; d. at ...
Benedictine monk and historian; b. about 1064, probably at Verdun (Lorraine); d. before the ...
(Called also HUGO A SANTA MARIA, from the name of the church of his native village). ...
Born about the year 1135 at the castle of Avalon, near Pontcharra, in Burgundy ; died at London, ...
Surnamed CANDIDUS or BLANCUS.
Cardinal, born of a noble family, probably in Lorraine, died soon ...
(Latin D E S ANCTO C ARO ; D E S ANCTO T HEODORICO ).
A Dominican cardinal of the ...
Medieval philosopher, theologian, and mystical writer; b. 1096, at the manor of Hartingham in ...
Theologian, flourished during the latter half of the thirteenth century. The dates of his birth ...
Abbot of Cluny, born at Semur (Brionnais in the Diocese of Autun, 1024; died at Cluny, 28 ...
(Called LITTLE SAINT HUGH OF LINCOLN.)
St. Hugh was the son of a poor woman of Lincoln ...
Fourth bishop and first Archbishop of New York, born at Annaloghan, Co. Tyrone, Ireland, 24 ...
Born 20 Sept., 1667, at St. Mihiel (Department of Meuse, France ); died 2 August, 1739. He ...
(HUGH OF PISA)
Italian canonist, b. at Pisa, date unknown; d. in 1210. He studied at ...
A name by which the French Protestants are often designated. Its etymology is uncertain. ...
A prelate, writer, orator; born at Paris, 10 Oct., 1841; died there, 6 Nov., 1896. After a ...
Acts are termed human when they are proper to man as man; when, on the contrary, they are ...
Humanism is the name given to the intellectual, literary, and scientific movement of the ...
(DE ROMANIS).
Fifth master general of the Dominican Order, b. at Romans in the Diocese of ...
This is the name given to a cloth of rectangular shape about 8 ft. long and 1 1/2 ft. wide. The ...
I. A penitential order dating back, according to some authorities, to the beginning of the ...
The word humility signifies lowliness or submissiveness an it is derived from the Latin ...
English Carthusian martyr, date of birth uncertain; d. at Tyburn, London, 19 June, 1535. His ...
Layman and martyr, born in Hampshire, England, 1571; died at Winchester, 1591. Of Protestant ...
The Kingdom of Hungary (Magyarország) comprises within its borders several races or ...
The language which has prevailed in Hungary for nearly a thousand years and is spoken at the ...
GEOGRAPHY AND MATERIAL CONDITIONS
The Kingdom of Hungary, or "Realm of the Crown of St. Stephen ...
The most popular German preacher of the early part of the eighteenth century, b. 31 March, 1691, ...
An English martyr (March, 1601), who belonged to the family seated at Carlton Hall, near ...
English Jesuit priest and educator; b. at Bath, 13 Sept., 1829; d. at Stonyhurst, 20 June, 1896. ...
From early times, hunting, in one form or another has been forbidden to clerics. Thus, in the ...
Clergyman, novelist; born 20 January, 1815, in New York City; died 10 March, 1862, at Pau, France. ...
(JOHN)
Governor of Hungary, born about 1400; died 11 August, 1456; the heroic defender of the ...
The main divisions of the subject are:
I. THE HURONS BEFORE THEIR DISPERSION (1) Their Place in ...
(Or HERST.)
Layman and martyr, b. probably at Broughton, near Preston, Lancashire, England, ...
A Spanish Jesuit and theologian, b. at Mondejar, New Castle, in 1575; d. at Alcalá, 5 ...
(1) Friedrich Emmanuel Von Hurter
Convert and historian, b. at Schaffhausen, 19 March, 1787; d. at ...
(Also spelled John ).
Born at Husinetz in southern Bohemia, 1369; died at Constance 6 ...
Born at Bristol, 30 May, 1796; died at Cossey, Norfolk, 31 October, 1872. The son of a Bristol ...
Bishop of Waterford and Lismore, b. at Ballybogan, Co. Meath, in 1746; d. at Tramore, Co. ...
The followers of Jan Hus did not of themselves assume the name of Hussites. Like Hus, they ...
Priest, b. at Holbeck, Leeds, Yorkshire, England, 29 June, 1811; d. at Ratcliffe, ...
A French novelist; born in Paris, 5 February, 1848; died 12 May, 1907. He studied at the Lycee ...
Martyrs during the persecution of Valerian (257-9). The day of their annual commemoration is ...
Dominican, called the Apostle of the North, son of Eustachius Konski of the noble family of ...
A religious of the Third Order of St. Francis and foundress of the Sacconi; born 1585 of a noble ...
( Also IDATIUS; LEMICA is more correctly LIMICA.)
A chronicler and bishop, born at the end ...
Hyderabad, also called Bhagnagar, and Fakhunda Bunyad, capital of the Nizam's dominions, was ...
Reigned about 138-142; succeeded Pope Telesphorus, who, according to Eusebius (Hist. eccl., IV, ...
(Greek hyle , matter + zoe , life )
The doctrine according to which all matter ...
A derivative of the Latin hymnus , which comes from the Greek hymnos , derived from hydein ...
Hymnody, taken from the Greek ( hymnodia ), means exactly " hymn song", but as the hymn-singer ...
Titular see of Asia Minor, suffragan of Ephesus; it was a small town on the southern slope of ...
(Greek hypnos , sleep)
By Hypnotism , or Hypnosis , we understand here the nervous ...
(Greek hypo , under, and krinesthai , to contend — hence adequately "to answer" on the ...
A theological term used with reference to the Incarnation to express the revealed truth ...
Hypsistarians or worshippers of the Hypsistos , i.e. of the "Most High" God ; a distinct ...
Austrian anatomist, b. at Eisenstadt in Hungary, December 7, 1810; d. 17 July, 1894, on his ...
( Septuagint hyssopos ).
A plant which is referred to in a few passages of Holy Writ , and ...